Sylva, a former Minister of State for petroleum, expressed his displeasure over the judgement and directed his legal team to seek justice at the Court of Appeal.
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has decided to challenge the judgement of the governorship election tribunal which upheld the election of Douye Diri as the state governor.
Sylva, a former Minister of State for petroleum, expressed his displeasure over the judgement and directed his legal team to seek justice at the Court of Appeal.
“We are not satisfied with the decision of the tribunal. But this is just a court of first instance and after meeting with the elders and critical stakeholders of our great party, the APC, we directed our legal team to seek justice for Bayelsa at the Supreme Court,” the former minister said.
He told the people of Bayelsa to be hopeful of the Appellate court on the matter, assuring them of total victory.
He stated that Bayelsa’s freedom was imminent and that justice would be served to the state’s traumatised people, urging them to be hopeful, law-abiding, and resolute.
Sylva accused the tribunal of prejudice during the hearing of the case, citing multiple irregularities noticed by his counsel.
SaharaReporters had reported how the tribunal upheld the election that produced Diri as the state governor.
A three-man panel led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the APC and the party for lacking merit.
In a unanimous decision, the tribunal held that the petitioners failed to prove any credible evidence to back up any of the allegations they raised against the re-election victory of Diri.
It held that the prayers of the petitioners were contradictory.